“NOMAD” from the TOS episode that “The Motion Picture” rips off was a lot more interesting than “V’ger”, it was a little probe that came on the ship and vaporized redshirts, that was at least fun.
The tragic story of Willard “Mitt” Decker (weird that both of the parents from the crap show “7th Heaven” have had major roles in Star Trek movies) is the only thing about TMP I found interesting. Kirk comes in, demotes him and steals his ship (and it becomes clear he’s never gonna give it back), the ex-girlfriend he still loves dies and is replaced with a robot clone that he’s forced to interact with, so he kills himself just like his father did (it wasn’t stated but he was supposed to be the son of Commodore Decker who killed himself on a TOS episode).
5 is the worst Star Trek Movie/episode ever. Worse even than the TNG clip show episode and even dumber than the Voyager episode where Janeway turns into a lizard and has tadpoles which can fall into “so bad it’s good” territory. There is nothing redeeming about it at all, there may have not even been a single good scene in it.
“...it was a little probe that came on the ship and vaporized redshirts, that was at least fun...”
It NEVER paid to be the Red Shirt (Security) guys... they always got dead fast...
Fateful words .... “and take Lt. Smith with you...” usually followed by “Jim! The Man is DEAD!”, or “He’s Dead, Jim.” or “This man is dead, Captain!”
...and a raised eyebrow from Spock (GREAT character, by the way).